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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11503
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14614
13 Actual Demand 11218
14 Aggregate Planning 12244
15 Air Cargo 10085
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6661
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34878
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15340
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19312
20 Assembly Line 22445
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22987
22 Average Speed of Answer 26572
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23150
24 Batch Production 38405
25 Bill Discounting 14543
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11240
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7160
28 Blanket Release 10028
29 Bonded Warehouse 10073
30 Booking Number 13804
31 Bottleneck 9532
32 Buffer Stock 59282
33 Build to Stock 13027
34 Bullwhip Effect 9686
35 Business Logistics 25756
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12579
37 Capacity Management 40559
38 Capacity Utilization 14119
39 Capital Intensive 8421
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8752
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12144
42 Certified Supplier 8973
43 Channel Effectiveness 8938
44 Co-Destiny 9311
45 Co-managed Inventory 12572
46 Co-Packers 11787
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6887
48 Computer-Based Training 7699
49 Consular Invoice 19802
50 Container Depot 10618
51 Container Freight Station 10286
52 Continuous Replenishment 19571
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12088
54 Contract Carrier 7324
55 Contract of Affreightment 11428
56 Control Charts 7972
57 Cost Flow 10283
58 Courier Service 15250
59 CPFR 8233
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11812
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44179
62 Date Code 18248
63 Days of Supply 19849
64 Dead on Arrival 9334
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7319
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8118
67 Detective Control 8921
68 Devanning 14221
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10971
70 Dispatching 24537
71 Distributed Inventory 8363
72 Distribution Channel Management 34771
73 Distribution Metrics 9128
74 Distribution Planning 24212
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15225
76 Double Marginalization 52762
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22393
78 Dual 5449
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20624
80 Echelon Inventory 26219
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38284
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49763
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7626
84 Efficient Frontier 25501
85 Engineer-to-Order 31764
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16535
87 Erlang B Formula 9355
88 ETD 8342
89 Ex Works 7843
90 Exception Rate 13504
91 Exponential smoothing 9837
92 External Growth 10087
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9529
94 Field Services 7748
95 Field Warehouse 10495
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8778
97 Fishbone Diagram 14619
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27051
99 Flow Through Distribution 12319
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8188
101 FOB Destination 13041
102 Forward buying 30179
103 Freight Charge 10419
104 Freight Consolidation 7538
105 Gantt Chart 8296
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11742
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29599
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12694
109 Hub 23446
110 Idle Time 8076
 
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